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Tetsuro SAKAI*, Katsuo OKAMOTO**, Shigeo OGAWA ***
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Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
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National Institute for Agro-environmental Science, Japan
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National Institute for Rural Engineering, Japan
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title, organization name and author’s full name and Japanese summary. Add an address (including zip code), author’s mail
address to a foot note on page 1 and a foot note of the Japanese summary. A copy of the original paper (symposium paper,
short communication, technical report, general remark, and data.) is prepared following the above, with the title and author’s
Text: use Times New Roman font, 10 point. Set line
name added in Japanese and English. The opening page of the paper (After the title and author’s name, before start of the
spacing to 15.2point.
discussion) includes an English summary. In the summary, describe the purpose of the study, materials, experiments, results,
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examination, and conclusion succinctly and concretely in order to clarify the content of the study for the reader. The summary
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Key Words: Camera ready,English paper Headline of section: use Verdana font, 10 point, bold. Leave a
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1. Introduction
The purpose of this outline is to standardize the
format of papers contributed for publication in the
“Journal of the Japanese Agricultural Systems Society
use a text
Use Times
New Roman
(JASS)”. Footnote:
A contributed
paperbox.
should
be horizontally
respectively. The author’s name should be Times New
Roman font, 12 point. The line spacing of the subject is the
is point
0.39 inches
givenSpacing
value 19
(Fig.6), except that the subject is the
given value 15.2 point (Fig.7).
The foot notes on page 1 in the text and on the last page
foot notes of the Japanese summary, should include the
point. Setpaper,
line spacing
to 15.2
point.as the
written onfont,
A4 10
landscape
in the same
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format:
the “up and
printed version.
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the check
Englishin summary
address (including zip code) [Note 1]. The chart should be
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step,
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of page.
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the section,
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end of the article.
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section,
lines “fix
are the
cm, bottom
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left and and
rightcheck
2.0 cm
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numbered.
2. Template
inserted in an appropriate place in the text or attached at the
Address:font
useofhalf
“*”. New
Write in
The standard
thewidth
text characters
should be to
Times
the
zip
code
and
address
(start
from
prefecture).
Roman, 10 point. The subject and section titles should be
includes an outline (can be downloaded at the JASS web
thefont
address
thepoint
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the same Write
or larger
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the text, 14
andname.
12 point
site).
As a template, you can use an MS Word file that
This template file contains all the formats and styles
*
Yoshida Hommachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
which are used in the text.
** 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
If you have any questions about the format of the paper,
*** 2-1-6 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8609, Japan
when you have read the document and template file, you
(Correspondence: [email protected])
should refer to the paper in the current issue.
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Fig.4 Page setting:, Setting line numbers
Fig.1 Page setting: Paper size
Fig.5 Setting the columns: width and spacing
Charts and photos: after insertion, make a section with the text box.
Use MS P GOTHIC font, 10 point. Set line spacing to 15.2 point.
Change the format settings, after grouping charts, photos and sections.
Setting the textbox format: check in the “up and downs” at the section, “the lapel of
character strings”.
Movement of anchor: check the section, “move with character strings”, and check the
section, “fix the anchor”.
Fig.2 Page setting: Margins
Fig.6 Setting the line spacing :title
Fig.3 Page setting: select line numbers from [etc] tab,
Fig.7 Setting the line spacing: except title setting
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3. Segmentation of sections
To each section of the paper, you should attach
consecutive numbers as shown in the example. Section
titles should be left justified, and written in Verdana, bold,
10 point. At each section title, you should leave one line
blank between the title and the text above it and one line
Fig.8 Appropriate place to paste the figure
blank between the title and the text below it.
and the list: arrange it in up or dawn by
step width or page breadth.
3.1 Sub-section
5.2 Figures, photos and tables
At each sub-section, you should attach a number as
Headline
of
sub-section:
use
Times
New
Roman
font,
bold,
10 and
point.
The
titles
explanations of figures and photos in the
shown above. Sub-section titles should be left justified and
Numbering:
leave
a
blank
separating
it
from
the
upper
text,
but
don’t
manuscript should be written in textboxes.
written in Times New Roman, bold, 10 point. At each
a blankleave
separating
it from
thebetween
lower text.
Figures should be drawn using a computer, and it should
sub-section title, leave
you should
one line
blank
the title and the text above it, but you should not leave a
be possible to make the plate without modifying it.
You should attach a consecutive number to each figure
blank between the title and the text below it.
and photo and insert each in an appropriate space in the
text or after the last sentence (Fig.8).
3.1.1 Sub sub-section
When a figure consists of many drawn objects, all
At each sub sub-section, you should attach a number as
Headline of sub sub-section: Times New Roman font, bold, 10 point.
objects must be grouped as one object. A figure or a photo
shown above. Sub sub-section titles should be left justified
Numbering: leave a blank separating it from the upper text, but don’t
should be posted horizontally in the center, either above or
and written in planeleave
style
(10 separating
point). Atit from
each the
sublower text.
a blank
below the column or the page. A headline of a figure or
sub-section title, leave blank lines in the text, as at the title
of a sub-section.
4. Notations and units
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point,font,
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posted
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the
figure
and
the
photo
or
in
the
horizontal
line in front of and behind the headline.
center of the stage or the page. All notes and the
explanation should be written in the lower part of the
To use an abbreviation in the text, you should write the
figure.
official name in the summary or text where it appears the
The textbox used to input the figure and the photo
first time. You should write scientific names in italics, but
should be grouped. This lets us handle the figure and the
should not use italics to write var.,f.,sp. etc, The unit of the
headline as one object and we can avoid losing sight of the
a sign should be written using the International System of
headline, when for example, a figure or a list have been
Units (SI) as a rule. But also adding the gravity unit will be
moved.
approved.
After the figure is posted, we sometimes disrupt the
layout by reorganizing the document, so I suggest
5. Equations, Figures and Tables
changing the format as follows as a way to avoid
disrupting the layout
5.1 Equations
1) At “format setting of the figure”, select the tab
“layout”, click “detailed setting”, and make “top and
Equations should be written at the center of the step,
Headline
sub-section:
Times New Roman
font,
10 of
point.
bottom”
thebold,
setting
“lapel of the character string”. After
with consecutive numbers
right of
adjusted
as theuse
example
Numbering:
leave
a
blank
separating
it
from
the
upper
text,
but
editing “the anchor” don’t
on the same page, move to the
shows.
leave2a blank separating it from the lower text.
paragraph where a page does not move to (refer to Fig.11).
(1)
E = mc
In the text, for equations, refer to it as (Equation 1)
2) Select the tab “format setting of the figure” “layout”,
in the main text, and prepare it either using the
click “detailed setting”, select “layout”, turn the check off
equation editor or the normal text.
at “move character string together” and turn the check on
at “fix the anchor in a paragraph” [note 2]. This can the
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disruption of the layout. Refer to Fig.9 below. The headline
and the explanation of a table should be written in English,
but both English and Japanese should not be written.
A list should be consecutively numbered beginning with
1 and inserted in the appropriate place in the paper or
posted after the last sentence. A list should be posted on the
Fig.11 After editing, move anchor with dragging to
the paragraph where a page does not
move to
Fig.9 Setting of the figure: From the tab of “layout” to
“Advanced...”
Fig.12
Setting the option from the
tab of “Picture Position”.
Fig.13
Page setting: release the
number of lines
Fig.10 Change the kind of lapel from the tab of “Text
Wrapping”.
Table 1 File form of the manuscript and record media
Manuscript and media
File form
Record media（when you mail）
May be the responsibility of the receiver
Headline
of
the list: useorthe
MS P GOTHIC
font, 10point.
MS Word(.doc)
Ichitaro(.jtd)
or Acrobat(.pdf)
[a]
Numbering:
Put
it
directly
in
the
center
of
the
page
or
Floppy disk or CD-ROM or USB memory [b] column at the top of
list. Corporation, Ichitaro is the registered trademark of JustSystems
[a] MS Word is the registered trademark of the
Microsoft
Annotation
ofofthe
list: Systems
use smallIncorporated.
letters (ex) [a], [b]…). Use Times New
Corporation, and Acrobat PDF is the registered
trademark
Adobe
Roman
font, 10Memory,
point. USB is the abbreviation of Universal Serial Bus.
[b] CD-ROM is the abbreviation of Compact Disk
Read-Only
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page. The headline should be written in MSP Gothic font,
・ When you have quoted collected papers of an
10 point, and posted horizontally in the center of the page
international congress or domestic congress or meeting,
or the stage above the list. The explanation should be
you should write author name, year, title, congress name
written under the headline at the top of the list. Notes
(or name of collected papers), site, date of event,
should be written under the list. Horizontally in the center
publisher, name of city where published, volume, issue,
above or below the column or the page. The headline
page.
should be written in MSP Gothic font, 10 point, and posted
Abbreviations of names of cited journals should follow
in the horizontal center of the page or the stage above the
customary practice. Quoted text should not be numbered.
list. The explanation should be written under the headline
at the top of the list. The notes should be written under the
7. Digital copy of a contributed paper
list.
When you contribute a paper for screening, you should
6. References
submit it in MS Word format or Ichitaro format or as an
Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) file. We will
The headline of each reference should be written
not accept it in any other file format (Table 1).
without a number, left justified, and in MSP Gothic font,
10 point as shown by the style sheet example. There should
8. Submission of the paper
not be a blank line between the headline and the reference
catalogue.
author
wishes
to have
a paper accepted by
Headline of section: use VerdanaAn
font,
bold,who
10 point.
Leave
a blank
The catalogue of referred literature
should
be
arranged
“THE
JOURNAL
OF
JASS”
must
present a manuscript
line in front of and behind the headline.
in alphabetic order by the author’s name at the end of the
that conforms to the format described in the writing point
text. When written by same author (the first on the list),
in the foregoing paragraphs. You should e-mail the digital
you should write in order by year of publication. When
manuscript as an attached file to the following e-mail
written by same author in the same year, you should write
address or upload it to a data server that we can download.
in the order that you quoted each work, and you should
E-mail: [email protected]
write a,b,c... after the year (example: 2003a). When there
When you mail the manuscript, you should mail 3
st
were 3 or more authors, you should write as “1 author et
copies of the printed matter and a digital copy to the
al.”. I have shown the reference citation method below. In
following address.
brief;:
Kannondai 3-1-3, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan
・In the case of a book or compilation, it should be written
National Institute for Rural Enginnering
in the order: author name or editor name, year, title,
Department of Land and Water Resoureces
publisher name, name of city where published. (JASS
Laboratory of Rural Land Resources
1996)
Editing Committee of JASS
・When you have quoted a part of a book or a compilation,
Shigeo OGAWA
you should write: author name, year, title, editor name:
The media you can use to send the paper includes, a
headline, publisher name, name of city where published,
floppy disk, CD-ROM, USB memory formatted to read in
first and last page referred to, in that order.(Okamoto
MS-DOS, Windows or Macintosh (Table 1). For inquiries,
1998, Okamoto et al. 2003 a)
please contact the above address.
・When you have quoted an internet source, you should
write author name, year, title, name of web site, URL,
9. Format of final manuscript
publisher name, name of city where published in that
order. (Mather and Aplin 2003, JASS 2006)
・When you have quoted a journal, you should write author
name, year, title, name of journal, volume, issue, page in
that order. (Okamoto et al. 1998, Okamoto and
Kawashima 1999, Okamoto et al. 2003b)
The manuscript of “Journal of JASS” will be
printed as a photo makeup after being edited by the
editorial committee. So the author should prepare a
camera ready manuscript and present 3 copies of a
clear printout and a digital copy to the address shown
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in the previous paragraph. The layout of the final
and itemize the explanations corresponding to these
manuscript that you contribute when publication has
numbers.
been confirmed is the same as that which you
[Note 2] In Word files, basically figures are inserted
submitted for screening (But, do not attach line
connected with lines or paragraphs. There is a
number,) It is written horizontally on A4 portrait
mark called the “anchor” that shows which
paper, that is the same layout as the printed
paragraph the figure is connected to. To display
version. The point and English summary
the anchor, check “anchor mark” from the
should be written in groups of one step, 50
tab;”tool” “option”, “expression”.
letters per step, and 46 lines per page. Margin
[Note 3] As explanatory notes in a table, you should use
settings are: top 2.5 cm, bottom 2.5 cm, left
small letters, such as [a], [b], .... You should
and right 2.0 cm.
show locations where explanatory note are
Headline
of
reference:
useand
Times
Newthen
Roman
font,New
bold,Roman
10 point.
The paper should be presented in MS Word format,
needed,
itemize
in Times
Arrange
from the
Ichitaro format or as an Acrobat PDF file. But a paperDon’t write the number.
font, 10
points under
theleft.
table.
presented as an Acrobat PDF file will not be modified by
the editorial committee. An author who presents a paper as
References
an Acrobat PDF file must modify the paper until its
Mather, P. M., and Aplin, P., 2003, Instructions to authors
appearance satisfies the established format as required by
of papers to be published in the proceedings of the
the committee. If this demand is not satisfied, the paper
annual meeting of the Remote Sensing and
may not appear.
Photogrammetric Society 2003. In http://www.geog.
As the media used to submit a digital manuscript, you
nottingham.ac.uk/~rspsoc03/RSPSoc-2003-Author-Instr
can use a floppy disk, CD-ROM, USB memory formatted
uctions.html, The Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric
to read in MS-DOS, Windows or Macintosh (table 1). If it
Society, Nottingham.
will be difficult for you to make a camera ready manuscript,
Okamoto,Catalogue
K., Yamakawa,
S., and
1998,font,
of reference:
useKawashima,
Times New H.,
Roman
please call
the address aboveuseand
the New
committee
of flood
damage
to rice production
Headline
of acknowledgement:
Times
Romanwill
font, bold, 10Estimation
10 point.
Arrange
in alphabetical
order in
byNorth
name of
point.
Don’t
the number.
Arrange from the left.
support
givewrite
you financial
support.
Korea writer.
in 1995.Arrange
International
Journal
of
Remote
Sensing,
those written by one author according
Vol. 19,
365-371.
to No.
year2,itpp.
was
written. Arrange those written by one
the same year,
according
to reference
Acknowledgement
Okamoto,author
K., andinKawashima,
H., 1999,
Estimation
of
order, and
b, c…after
year. Include
This text was prepared with reference to Instruction to
rice-planted
areawrite
in a,the
tropicalthe zone
using all
a of
the
authors.
Authors of Paper to be Published in the Proceedings of the
combination of optical and microwave satellite sensor
Annual
Meeting
of
the
Remote
Sensing
and
Photogrammetric Society 2003 (Mather and Aplin 2003)
data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 20,
No. 5, pp. 1045-1048.
and the methods of preparing a manuscript from “how to
Okamoto, K., Yokozawa, M., and Kawashima, H., 2001,
Headline of annotation: use Times New Roman font, bold, 10 point.
contribute the paper” (JASS 2006, Kobayashi 2000)
Evaluation of changes in climatic indices using
Don’t write the number. Arrange from the left.
appeared on the JASS web site .
combined analysis of remote sensing and GIS. In
Info-tech & Info-net: A Key to Better Life, edited by Y. X.
Notes
Zhong, S. Cui and Y. Wang, held in Beijing, China, on
[Note 1] Use asterisks (*,**), to indicate the footnotes of
29 October - 1 November 2001, IEEE and People’s
the author’s name. But in place of three or more
Posts & Telecommunications Publishing House, Beijing,
†‡¶
asterisks, you can use , , . We will not allow
any other symbols. When it is unavoidable that
pp. 133-138.
Okamoto, K., Shindo, J., and Kawashima, H., 2003,
you construct
paperNew
arranging
thefont,
explanatory
Contents of annotation:
use aTimes
Roman
10 point. Write Sustainable rice cropping and water resources in Asia. In
Advances in Ecological Sciences 19: Ecosystems and
the number. notes, the headlines of the explanatory note with
no number, left justify before each reference. In
Sustainable Development IV, edited by E. Tiezzi, C. A.
the text, you should indicate notes as [note 1],
Brebbia and J-L. Usó, WIT Press, Southampton, U.K.,
[note 2], ... where an explanatory note is needed,
Vol. 2, pp. 1057-1065.
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